A spokesman for Republican Senator John Cornyn has declared that Neera Tanden’s nomination for head of the Office of Management and Budget is dead on arrival<\/a >. <\/p>\n
This is a good thing, even if the reason, “She says mean things about Republicans on Twitter,” is stupid beyond belief, because she yet another case of a member of the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment) failing upwards while wasting millions dollars of donors.<\/p>\n
The bill of particulars against Tanden is extensive: <\/p>\n
The bigger case against her nomination is that it is CLEARLY<\/b> motivated, at least in part, as another indignity directed towards Bernie Sanders that the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment).<\/p>\n
Neera Tanden has been the most vociferous critic of Bernie Sanders online, accusing him of being racist, sexist, a Russian agent, and everything short of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. <\/p>\n
As OMB chair, her nomination would be managed the ranking member (or chairman if the sky falls in Georgia) of the Senate Budget Committee, one Bernard Sanders of Vermont. <\/p>\n
It’s clearly an attempt to, “Try to publicly humiliate<\/a >,” Sanders. <\/p>\n
To quote someone not named Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-P\u00e9rigord, “It is worse than a crime, it was a mistake.” <\/p>\n
Spending political capital on “Hippie Punching” because it gives the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment) a stiffie is stupid and wasteful. <\/p>\n
There is a midterm election in 2 years, and neither Nancy Pelosi nor Chuck Schumer are going to bring out the base. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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